Nose-ring for hogs



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M. WILLEMAN.

NOSE RING FORVHOGS.

No. 417,616. Patented De'0. 17, 1889'.

N4 PETERS. Photo-Litho ap er, Washinglnn. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN WILLEMAN, OF RIDGEVILLECORNERS, OHIO.

NOSE-RING FOR HOGS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 417,616, dated December17, 1889. Application filed May 1, 1889. Serial No- 309,1'79.- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, MARTIN WILLEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ridgeville Corners, in the county of Henry and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose-Ringsfor Hogs; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and

, exact description of the invention, such as will injuriously itshealth The invention'will first be described in connection with thedrawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hogs nose with my invention applied;Fig. 2, a detail perspective View of the plate and rings, and Fig. 3 aperspective view of a modification.

In the drawings, A represents a hogs nose, the snout of which contains acongeries of very sensitive nerves. If the latter are lacerated orinjured by any foreign substance passing through the snout, the healthof the animal is seriously impaired. In order to obviate this, I use theplate P, with an opening 5 19, through which the snout A may slightlyprotrude. This plate is also provided with an opposite pair of holes 19'p ateach end thereof, for the reception of fastening-rings C D, whichare old and well known to the public. These rings are first insertedwith the points upward, and are then turned over and forced, by means ofa pair of pinchers or ringers, into the gristle on each side of thesnout.

I sometimes make a skeleton frame, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,with the open pointed rings integral with two bars, which pass acrossthe nose transversely and not longitudinally, as described in Patent No.216,468.

I am aware that a nose-piece has been described in the old patent,No.154:,046, as made of wire in one'piece, the pointed ends being forcedup through the nostrils and carried under a cross-arm which presses onthe snout, but this makes the snout sore and sickens the animal.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is

I. A metallic nose-piece having a longitudinal slot for receiving theupper portion of the snout of a hog, and provided at each of its fourcorners with a sharp flexible prong, whereby it may be secured in place,as described.

2. The nose-plate P, havingthe snout-hole p and holes 1) p,incombination with fastening-rings, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN WILLEMAN. WVitnesses:

A. RUPPERT, PHILIP MAURO.

